FIFA World Cup

The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be played June 12 through July 13 in Brazil. The tournament features 32 teams at 12 venues in nine host cities. Spain won the 2010 World Cup, its first, and Italy won the 2006 cup, the country's fourth title. Full Coverage.

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Players from the Chicago Red Stars professional women's soccer club had to walk all of about 10 steps after practice Thursday to be honored for their achievements by the Oak Brook Park District.
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Lionel Messi will be joined by Alex Morgan on the cover of EA Sports' FIFA 16 video game.
The newest edition in the popular game franchise, which will be released on Sept. 22, includes 12 women's national teams for the first time. That includes Morgan...

Chuck Blazer was banned for life by FIFA's ethics committee on Thursday for widespread corruption, finally ending the career of the longtime most senior American in world football.
The ban from all football-related duties was a formality after Blazer,...

For the U.S. national team's stunning 5-2 win over Japan at the Women's World Cup on Sunday, a rout that made the Americans the first team ever to win three women's world championships, soccer's global governing body will award the team $2 million — about...

I thoroughly enjoyed all of the Women's World Cup games and, of course, watching the U.S. ladies in their rout of Japan’s team. Seeing all of the people in parks across the country cheering the women on was great. My 10-year-old granddaughter, who is a...

The U.S. women's national soccer team beat Germany 2-0 on Tuesday night, securing a spot for the American women in the 2015 FIFA World Cup final. The U.S. will now play Japan in the final game at 7 p.m. on Sunday.
While the U.S. men's team has...

The Chicago Red Stars will host watch parties for two FIFA Women's World Cup soccer quarterfinal games this weekend.
Red Stars Julie Johnston, Lori Chalupny, Shannon Boxx and Christen Press play for the U.S. national team and will take on China on...

Chinese billionaire Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba, told a Chicago audience Wednesday that "the Internet is a treasure island" for midsize and small businesses. So it's a supermarket, a Las Vegas hotel and casino, or somewhere pirates seek buried...

The success of the U.S. team this month at the FIFA World Cup could affect soccer programs in Naperville in the fall.
Women's soccer returned to the world stage on Saturday for the start of the FIFA Women's World Cup Canada, which runs through July 5 and...

Chicago ad man Mike D'Amico, who became the unlikely face of American soccer during last summer's World Cup as the exuberant fan dubbed "Teddy Goalsevelt," is back to save the sport he loves.
An associate creative director at Havas Chicago,...

South African authorities have opened a preliminary investigation into World Cup bribery allegations, and an opposition lawmaker said Thursday he had information suggesting "high-level" involvement.
Anton Alberts of the Freedom Front Plus...

Former FIFA executive committee member Chuck Blazer told a U.S. federal judge that he and others on the governing body's ruling panel agreed to receive bribes in the votes for the hosts of the 1998 and 2010 World Cups.
Prosecutors unsealed a 40-page...

Sepp Blatter governed the biggest sport on Earth for nearly two decades, for years untouched personally by allegations of corruption, but never sharing the game's popularity.
He joked about his "Dr. Evil" image, like a James Bond villain...

On Tuesday, Sepp Blatter resigned as chief of FIFA, the global governing body of soccer that has come under intense scrutiny after U.S. prosecutors alleged widespread corruption in the organization. Blatter stepped down after a key lieutenant was linked...

You can understand why corporate sponsor Visa would put out a strongly worded statement calling on FIFA to "take swift and immediate steps" toward reforms after the arrest of 14 people in and around soccer's top global governing body.
Of...

Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the United States of meddling in the affairs of soccer's governing body and hinted that its corruption investigation is part of an attempt to take the 2018 World Cup away from his country.
Putin said in...

Ah, the irony.
It took law enforcement in the United States, which much of the world dismisses as a soccer newbie, to bring the charges that have shaken the seemingly earthquake-proof foundations of the international soccer federation, known as FIFA.
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There was a massive protest at McDonald's headquarters in Oak Brook on Wednesday with demonstrators calling for wage increases. On the bright side for the fast-food giant, at least people were lining up outside McDonald's for something.
Sponsors Visa and...

Thirteen U.S. Senators asked FIFA to consider taking the 2018 World Cup out of Russia because of what they call that country's "ongoing violations of the territorial integrity of Ukraine."
In a letter released Wednesday, a day after it was...

ZURICH -- The final match of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will be played on Dec. 18, the country's national holiday. FIFA spokesman Walter De Gregorio confirmed the date Thursday, but did not say when the tournament would start. The governing body's...